System and method for developing critical thinking

A system in a computer environment for teaching critical thinking skills to a learner, said system comprising:

• a content module operable to receive and store informational content and to provide said content to said learner;
• a query module operable to receive and store questions and to provide said questions to said learner, and further operable to receive and store said learner's answers to said questions and said learner's justification for said answers;
• an analysis module operable to analyze learner answers and justifications in order to form at least one result and to provide said at least one result to said learner;
• an expert module operable to receive and store an expert's answers and justifications and to provide said expert answers and justifications to said learner;
• and
• a learner interface module operable to provide a connection between said learner and said system.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable medium containing computer readable code thereon for teaching critical thinking skills to a learner, said computer readable code comprising:
• computer readable code devices configured to cause a computer to transmit informational content and a question associated with said informational content over a communications network to a client computer;
• computer readable code devices configured to cause a computer to receive and store an answer and a justification over a communications network from said client computer;
• computer readable code devices configured to cause a computer to perform an analysis of said stored answers and justifications and provide a result;
• computer readable code devices configured to cause a computer to transmit said result over a communications network to said client computer;
• and
• computer readable code devices configured to cause a computer to transmit an expert answer and justification over a communications network to said client computer.